New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-04

the progress that has made In the m.chfnea arts
From the mining q the ore through Its & n 81 com an
sgricultt al implement. there are many processes sid
thcse processes present tho sdvancement hSax' ana
posed 70 own the land povSrles, without the assist
q ether Re make s. IN IN oo
to manufacture implements with which that tlage shall
done a sss o. y
into requslion. The musician who row Is,,,,s
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the result Of mechanical SKILL As that skill advanSes
Of %. by q
provement In the mechanical construction OF mnsca
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into requstion, and with all tho mechanical arts made
OF In Its construction from the tense OF the telescope
to tho stone In the foundation Of tho building.
NO LIMIT TO THE DEMAND FOR LABOR.
"Taken as WHOLE society grand cooperative asso
citation. As WHOLE 1t 10 unit and this unit Is dividea
into departments branches Of mechanical activity
and scientific inquiry and those mutually dependents
upon oach Other Tho demeud for tho product OF labor
IA unlimited There can be such thing as over
production 80 long as there remains single
human being with wants to supply. say the
demand for labor Is unlimited because the capacity OF
the human mind to conceive new wants is unlimited.
With every advancement in civilization there Is cor
responding enlargement of the range Of wants Every
year something into the wants of man which
requires activity In a field OF labor % supply mo
earth the source from which all wants are supplied
an inexhaustibe mine.
1--WE have then the unlimited advancement and extern
sion and multiplicity OF human want. aud We have an
unlimited source from which those wants may be sup
Piled The condition of labor rises with the advance
ment OF civilization because with the multiplicity OF
wants the demand for labor increases, and wants al
vance In proportion they may be supplied. Inc
human mind TO demand things that are imposs
BILE of qualification So with the possibility OF supplying
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fields of activity for human labor are opened It'll Tor
this reason that laDora aiding machinery Is continued
blessing to labor In fact the difference between tne
civilized and unciyzed is difference OF the extent
to which the hand OF man has been supplemented py
tools and implements.
The Indian the plains Of Nevada, with his unaidea
hand presents evidence OF civilized capacity or pro-
ductive power With him the primitive problem OF sus
taining eIisence has not solved His hand not
hand fnds constant employment In obtaining the here
necessities Of physical existence II Is therefore nlo
sbc foe him higher realm The use OF toos
and implements which eventually expand aud proaaeh
and multiply into the most complex aiding una una
civilization As soon as uncivilzed man percei'es .e
value OF with which TO cut down the trees on Tue
propcl this saw with steam or water power anu ~
sustain mere physical existence Intellectual
OF his nature may now be supplied ana WIN .e
Intellectual activity necessary To the manufacture OF a
axe or saw or spade he has acquired intellectual
force and power and this Is nparable from the acquire
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wants has been enlarged. and want Is per
ceycd or felt effort will be made to supply H.
COOPERATION MEANS ADVANCEMENT
The uncvilized man. like the Indian OF the plains has
never felt higher wants. When his physical wants are
gratned he fails condition OF soth and indolenc c.
indced he has time for Incidence, for In barparOus
condition with the hands unadod by implements IL re-
quires constant effort diligence and industry TO OBTAIN
the means OF supporting mere physical existence IL
therefore follows that every discovery In economic sci
ence which makes production OF things useful TO man
cheaper and every new that felt by man In his
toward higher civilization, enlages the field OF
! labor $500
Cooperation will add new energy TO civilized me- De
cause IL will increase the prosperity OF aoornS men, anu
emarge every respect the scope OF their ves Tue
nacity to perceive diversity OF wants tho power OF inc
mind to feel and acquire wants being Unlimited ana
these things, necessary TO their yrauhcatloh
being produced alone by labor the demand lor
,ior Il liness AMI that demand will increase Ia the
propo rtiou ~. capacity TO perceive beae'
alyersity OF want The untaught BARBARIAN, hVtN.u,
standing the effort required Ot him 10 MAINTAIN phl
existence. consumes nut little lahOr CivlHou an
VAST consumer of Labor Every article OF furniture IN rs
house the house ITSELF the garden the siOunus' the
hooks the papers the musical instruments an arc 'hc
result OF labor aud each civilized man Is therefore con-
sumiug ia MS lifetime the result oi LABOR eqHh 70 o
productive capacity many hundreds OF nel, whose
| hands are unnided by labOraiding machinery. ~,
Tho Introduction OF the cooperative prhcpe tV tno
industrial systems OF our country means gchclH ~
vance in tue conditions OF all classes IL means 'he
awakening IN the minds OF greater number OF people Oh
the reach OF all Increased OF their gratincaton
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